How does Bluetooth Work?

How does Bluetooth Work?

By Andrew

Bluetooth is a wireless communication technology used globally; originally invented by people at a Swedish company called Ericsson in 1994. Now, no single company owns Bluetooth technology. Instead, a group of companies named the Bluetooth Special Interest Group works together to make the technology better. Ericsson, Intel, Nokia, Toshiba, and IBM make up this group.

Devices that use Bluetooth includes smartphones, headphones, speakers, cars, medical devices, computers, and even toothbrushes.

To send and receive Bluetooth connections, a device must have a particular microchip that has an antenna. It also must have bluetooth software that can process signals.

To send bluetooth signals, devices send low-power signals (at about 1 milliwatt), so it doesn’t use much battery. But, the weak signals limit the range of Bluetooth devices to about 9.144 metres (30 feet).

Bluetooth technology can connect up to 8 devices at the same time within the same 9 metre radius without the devices interfering with each other. That's impressive, given that there are currently billions of devices in the world with Bluetooth capabilities.

Point Perspective Art!

Point Perspective Art!

In our class, we had to make Point Perspective Art.
We used Rulers, Markers, and Pencils to make this.

Cross Country at the Cutler Farm

Cross Country at the Cutler Farm

“Jog on the spot…” Mrs Cutler was preparing us for the race.

This is it, I was so nervous, I could feel it in my- “Go!”

The race had started. The sound of footsteps and running immediately

interrupted my thought process, which confused me for a split second,

already putting me behind. “Great start…”



As everyone else quickly faded off into the distance,

I was greeted by dirt, rocks, and every kind of mud in existence.

Slowly, and not so surely, I slothed through all the mud.

After a while of nothing but lush green trees and muddy grass,

I could see a faint image of someone on top of a hill.

In awkwardness, I yelled at them to go without me, but they insisted to stay

there and cheer me on.



As I got further up the rocky hill, I could see that the person on top was Evan.

He said he stopped because his leg hurt, but I could instantly tell that

it wasn’t the case. We then carried on together and played around in the mud.

I felt so much better running with a friend and it pushed me to carry on.



As we got closer and closer to the finish line, we got muddier, dirtier, and

more wetter. We rolled down grassy hills, put mud on our faces, and

jumped into dirty puddles. As we were on our final stretch, we planned

to do a body slide at the end. In nervousness, we started to count down for

the big jump. “3,2,1!” Simultaneously, we leaped and slid into the slippery

mud as we crossed the finished line!



In the end, we did come last. But I think we had the most fun, and were the muddiest.

Matariki Limerick Poem

Matariki Limerick Poem

By Andrew

The Matariki stars shine, way up above

The bright stars were white as a dove

The Seven Sisters were high

Way up in the sky

I think the stars symbolise love

Matariki Diamante Poem!

Matariki Diamante Poem

By Andrew

Matariki

Shimmering, Sparkling

Eating, Laughing, Loving

Hangi, Food, Celebration, Fireworks

Cooking, Eating, Laughing

Magical, Wonderful

New Year

How to post a blog!

How to post a blog!

Our class had to make a video on how you can post a blog.
This is what I made. I hope that this can help some people that had never posted a blog before.

Pest Trap!

Pest Trap!

All the kids in our class were assigned to make a Pest Trap.

We had 3 weeks to research, and create a pest trap that was simple and easy to trap pests, such as mice.

I made a glass bowl mouse trap. It is pretty easy to make, and easy to set up. 

I made my trap by following this video. Check it out and try it yourself!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN3vxS9peA8&t

Here are some photos of my trap: